Air-conditioning management apparatus

Abstract

An air-conditioning management apparatus is capable of selecting an air-conditioning device that affects an air-conditioning environment at a specific position in an air-conditioned space from a plurality of air-conditioning devices. An area that is within an air-conditioned space to which a specific position P belongs in an arrangement plan and that is within a predetermined range from the specific position is obtained as a control target range. An air-conditioning device whose installation position in the arrangement plan is included in the control target range is selected as a control target air-conditioning device.

The invention claimed is: 
     
       1. An air-conditioning management apparatus that controls operations of a plurality of air-conditioning devices, the air-conditioning management apparatus comprising:
 a storage device configured to store information on an arrangement plan illustrating arrangement of one or a plurality of air-conditioned spaces and air-conditioning device position information indicating installation positions of each of the air-conditioning devices in the arrangement plan; 
 an input device configured to receive information on any specific position in the arrangement plan; 
 a display device; and 
 a controller configured to allow the display device to display the arrangement plan indicating the installation positions of each of the air-conditioning devices on a basis of the information on the arrangement plan and the air-conditioning device position information, and control an operation of an air-conditioning device selected as a control target air-conditioning device from the plurality of air-conditioning devices, wherein 
 the information on the arrangement plan is image information representing a shape of each air-conditioned space and a boundary with another air-conditioned space in color, and 
 the controller is further configured to
 obtain, as a control target range, an area that is within a predetermined range from the specific position within the air-conditioned space to which the specific position belongs in the arrangement plan, the area being determined by scanning in an oblique direction from the specific position in the arrangement plan in which the color in the arrangement plan corresponds to a display color at the specific position, and 
 select at least one air-conditioning device whose installation position in the arrangement plan is included in the control target range as the control target air-conditioning device. 
 
 
     
     
       2. The air-conditioning management apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the controller sets the predetermined range on a basis of a reach of air blown from each air-conditioning device. 
     
     
       3. The air-conditioning management apparatus of  claim 1 ,
 wherein the input device receives information on any specific range in the arrangement plan, and 
 wherein the controller sets the predetermined range on a basis of the specific range received through the input device. 
 
     
     
       4. The air-conditioning management apparatus of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 an air-conditioning device management section configured to acquire information on a room temperature detected by each air-conditioning device, 
 wherein the controller controls an operation of each control target air-conditioning device on a basis of room temperatures detected by the control target air-conditioning devices. 
 
     
     
       5. The air-conditioning management apparatus of  claim 4 , wherein the controller controls the operation of each control target air-conditioning device such that an average of room temperatures detected by the control target air-conditioning devices is close to an overall average of room temperatures detected by the plurality of air-conditioning devices. 
     
     
       6. The air-conditioning management apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to compare a color associated with the specific position to a color associated with the control target range. 
     
     
       7. The air-conditioning management apparatus of  claim 6 , wherein the controller selects a control target air conditioning device upon a condition that the color associated with the control target range, in which the control target air conditioning device is located, matches the color associated with the specific position.